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liii v s THE OGDEN STANDARD: OGDEN. UTAH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, IglS. It Premier Urges King to : Sign Decree Suspend ing Parliament MANY OUTBREAKS One Killed and Six In jured in Catalonia Trouble. MADRID, Dec. 16 Premier Ro: mar.ones, after a cabinet meeting called to consider outbreaks in 'Catalonia, has issued a note de claring that the'king had been asked to sign a decree suspending parliament. The trouble Sunday between (he police and a crowd after a Social ist republican meeting at Barna in favor of the autonomy of Catalonia as a democratic republic. One person was killed and six were in jured. Similar trouble occurred in Bilboa where there was a Basque manifestation. I CONSIDER AFTER j. ANNAPOLIS. Md., Doc. 1C Prob lems of reconstruction and readjusi -mcnt of conditions growing out of the war vIll occupy thfe greater part of.' tho lime, of the nnual conference ofj governors of stales which met at ibcj state house herd today. Governor -I Harrington of Maryland "welcomed ihe 4 distinguished visitors. The morn'ng session was devoted the preliminaries.1 "Now that the war is over." said f Gor'prnor Harrington jn his address ofj welcome, "the questions .of reconstruc-1 lion, restoration and adjustment are' demanding early solution.' Olcj ccn-f ditlons can never return. New condi-! tions now. confront us. Bolshevism; must never be "permitted upon the', western continent but the surest way to avoid Socialism of such a charac ter, or anarchy, is for us to have such, forms of government that give equal and just rights to every citizen of our country. "Public utility corporations and big business must now. understand that they can only exist when the rccog-' nize that their existence is permitted i only for their service and that they! are servants and not masters." I ITALIAN ARMY INTACTFOR TIME! HOME, Saturday, Dec. U Duringl the war the Italian army lost 15,000 of ficers killed, the minister of war dc-' clared in the senate today. More , than 30,000 officers were wounded seriously. Premier Orlando told the senate that Italy was not in a position to demobi lize a single man and that all war ma terial should bo kept intact. The im mediate difficulties to be surmounted, he said, had not diminished but had increased. - He added that reparation for dam ages was a question outside discus sion. President Wilson's, principles, he continued, excluded indemnity in the technical sense of the w6rd but doubc less Italy would adopt the same policy regarding reparations as tho other Al lies. A commission had been appoint ed to establish Italy's damages. Italy, the minister General Zupclli continued, had more men under arms proportionate to population than anv other nation. The war, he said, had cost Italy 54,000,000,000 lire. The public debt at the end of October was 64,000,000,000 BRONZE BUTTON FDR I THE SOLDIER BOYS An artistic bronze button has been designed and is being made for the Women of American Patriots, to bo given to all returning men as a trl bute of their bravery and Bervice. j One thousand buttons have been or- dered through a local firm and some novel plans for the presentation of these medals are now under way, ac- r cording to Mrs. J. .G. Falck, president j of the organization. oo Read the Classified Ad. J ' ' .R?ad the Classified Ads. ! Government Announces Greatest Agricultural Event in History, PROMISE LARGE CROP. j Area Sawn This Fall Is! Forty-nine Million Acres. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1C The larg est winter wheat crop ever grown In tho history of the United States is promised by the enormous acreage sown this fall. The acreage is almost 16 per- cent larger than last year's and totals 49,027,000 acres. The area sown to rye is G.S20.000 acres, which is 1.7 per .cent more than the revised estimated area sown in the fall of 1917, which was G.70S.00D acres. Tho condition of the crop on Decem ber 1 was S9.0 per com of a normal, compared with S 1,1 a year ago with I 0S.S in 191G and a ten year average of I 91.4. A crop of 765.000,000 bushels, or 80,000.000 bushels more than the best record, is forecast by the department' of agriculture as next year's winter' wheat yield, allowing for winter killing nnd spring abandonment. Last year's ' crop was 5p5. 725.000 bushels. j This rye acreage this autumn is . slightly larger than last, being 6.S20,-! 000. comparod with G.708.000 acres. The condition is S9 per ccr.t, compared with 84.1 per cent last year and 91.4 average, the condition being held down by poor conditions in the Important! produring states of North and South' Dakota. FH G. RUSSELL " '.IS UK- hoi! r Frank 0. Russell, son of Mr. and ' 1 Mrs. James Russell of Ogdcn, has re turned to -his home in this city after , having spent ten months as a. ma- ! chinisi in the government arsenal at , Rock Island. 111. , j The plant, according to Mr. Rus sell, employed over 13.000 men and women prior to the nrmistlcc, but since that time tho force has been i greatly reduced and is now funning on an eight -hour day basis. BfflUilli !: HAS BEEN WOUHED I Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Ammerson, 134 ! Thirty-first street, have received word ': from France that their son Private ' Bert J. Ammerson, Company B. 363rd 1 Infantry, of the Ninety-first division 1 was severely wounded on September 1 26th. i Private Ammerson Is 2S years of ' age and left Ogden with a city con- 1 tingent for Camp Lewis on April 2S, 1 He went overseas on June 25. 1 oo j SR00T1 OE WILD GEESE ID DUCKS State Game Commissioner R. H. Siddoway has Issued a warning trf the effect that, despite persistent rumors to the contrary, the .season for the shooting of wild geese and ducks will positively close, December 31. An extreme penalty will bo given in caso any violations of the ordin ance and all federal game officers will co-operate In the prosecution of such offenders. oo HERONS ACTED li SELF-DEFENSE AT TAW1PIG0 BAY WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 Great Im portance is attached by officials here to the diplomatic exchanges resulting from the clash at Tamplco on Novem ber 28 In which members of the'armed naval guard of the American steamer Monterey killed the captain of the Mexican customs guard, and mortally wounded another Mexican soldier. Re ports of the incident are held to show conclusively that the American acted in self-defense and it is expected that this will be conceded. uu . Read the Classified Ads. oo Read the Classified Ads. P. J. MORI DECLARES LABOR COIIHOi ARE 0009 SALT LAKE, Dec. 16. Fifty -six of the larger concerns In Salt Lake em ploy S527 men, according to a report Just made by the Salt Lake bureau of the United States employment ser vice to the federal department of la bor. The report Is based upon a survey completed last week and made at tho Instance of the department of labor, which, for the purpose of obtaining definite figures upon the employment npods of the country, has requested , such reports from district employment service centers weekly. Tho data thus obtained will bo utilized In the nation-wide scheme for the placing of soldiers returning to civil life in po sitions of employment. According to P. J. Moran, director of the local bureau of the employment service, thero is no immediate pros pect of need for workers in Utah, and small chance that many soldiers can be placed in positions unless they bo returned to tho jobs they left to enter the service. In many instances, ho says, this will bo done. He recom mends a systematic co-operation of all commercial agencies- with state, county and city heads, looking to the oponing of public work for the advan tage of the boldlers. Yesterday Mr. Moran received a lengthy report from flio labor depart ment in Washington describing tho general situation In industrial centers rendering requested reports as show ing a fairly health' condition. "In many instances," the report says, "tho demand for labor either equals or ex ceeds the supply." Plenty of Work. This statement succnictly intimates that when the time arrives for tho . soldiers to bo cared for there will be plenty of work for them. It is .the purpose of the government labor de partment to' receive by wire each week a condensed statement of in dustrial conditions in each commercial community, relying upon community boards nnd agents of tho United States employment service for these. Tho reports will be-accepted as a barom eter in making replacements, allocat ing labor, curtailment and cancollar lion of war contracts and the demob ilization of the army. The last re port, involving about 6000 employers, indicates the employment of more than 3.000,000 men in 109 centers of thirty-, four states. '.'!.! j While the department's report speaks well of employment conditions In the eastern, central and middle state, with one or two exceptions, it does not speak so well of the extreme j west, saying: "In Los Angeles there is a seasonal shortage of work, with conditions quite unsettled, while at Oakland the situation is acute. In I San Francisco the available positions bout balance tho demand for work ers. Denver reports a good condition, 'villi the same sort of reports from Washington and Oregon. There is no demand for- men in -Utah." Thn rrnnrt nrneeeds: j "Condition in New York stato (in cluding Greater Now York) are ro i ported as good everywhere. In Buf ! falo there is an excess of about 6000. due probably to tapering off of airplane contracts, but this surplus will be ab sorbed by other Industries in Buffalo region. The Pierce-Arrow factory in particular, reports that Instead of lay- Ing men off it is adding to the force.! Shortages of Labor "Pennsylvania, which has many war contracts o.f great magnitude, reports the situation good everywhere. In big Industrial centers like Philadel phia. Pittsburg and Harrisburg, there! is reported a heavy shortage In labor, with the supply nowhere equaling the demand. South Bethlehem reports a ! surplus of 163 in skilled labor, but a 'big shortage of common labor. Scran ton, in tho heart of the anthracite mining region reports a shortage of 5000. "Reports from New England, espe cially Connecticut, show a healthy con dition. New London, Now Britain, Merlden and Derby, Conn., show heavy shortages, while other centers report the supply equals the demand, with the exception of Stamford, where tliore Is a slight surplus. In Massachusetts there is a shortage in Boston and a slight surplus In Lynn. Other sec tions report the supply equals the de mand. Maine and New Hampshire re port that the supply equals the de mand, with conditions generally good. "In New Jersey there is a heavy shortage of labor In Trenton, Jersey City and Elizabeth. In such centers as Newark. Paterson and New Bruns wick the supply about equals the de mand. Surplus in Dayton "In Ohio the situation is generally good. There Is a shortage of labor In Youngstown and a slight surplus in Dayton and Toledo. At Akron a net Increase in requirements of 300 work jmen is expected during the coming 1 week. "In Detroit, Mich., the center of the automobile .industry, eighty-seven concerns, employing 150,000 men, re port the supply of labor just equals the demand. Several of the. largo automobile manufacturers say that In stead of laying off men on account of tho cancellation of war contracts they are planning to add to their forces. In Flint there is some slight distur bance, due, no doubt, to he fact that the Buick machinists are out. "In the middle-western states, In cluding Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Missouri, the supply equals the demand, with the exception of South Bend, Ind., where there is a shortage. In Chicago 175 employers, employing 140,000 men tho supply equals the demand, but a heavy Increase In re quirements is expected during the coming week. Minneapolis expects a slight Increase and St. Louis a heavy decrease. In some parts of the south ern states there Is a considerable shortage of labor. Birmingham, Ala., roports a heavy shortage, while at Mobile the supply just about equals the demand. At Atlanta, Ga., there is a heavy shortage. In Florida there is a heavy shortage, with shipyard conditions at Pensacola unsettled. Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee all re port shortage, although general con ditions are good. Charleston, S. C-, and Dallas, Texas, report the supply equal to the demand. At Norfolk, Va, there Is some slight local disturbance, owing to a strike of sheet metal work- 1 1 lujj-i 1 1 fii x 1 1 n iii rmnrr?-nil m i t --r-rnn -aikj i --m t i r jt . i m r m. 1 1 1 .i i . i I gg- j ' Ai n ( The Hoover as a Gift Fits the Spirit of the Times : Human help is scarce, cosily, indifferent. Electric The Hoover" Each easy glide of The Hoover across earpetings ; help in a Hoover is ever ready, cheap, painstaking. 'No".Jbeit tvlm "Zl . m! ,i i i i . , c n u a ! Give "her" a Hoover tliis Christmas. It will save i S hours of time for her patriotic duties. I hah-erypHl cec S1'' sweeping, up of even stubbornest- J . , . t t i . " famiMmtf . clinging b'tter, (3) the brushing up of crushed nap, One person, with a Hoover cleans many times faster. m.llF , . ? , . , , j No slighting is possible. "Closc supervision is unnecos- f$mlW restoration of colorings, (o) the dnstless i sary or the Hoover can only clean with thorough- P withdrawal of dislodged dyt by suction nnd (6) the j ucss. ,, , , I m? guaranteed prolongation of the rug or carpet's life. ers and electricians, with a heavy shortage of common labor." MEXICANS AND Battle in Tampico in Which a Mexican Captain Is Killed. NEW YORK. Dec. 15. In a clash on November 29 between the armed navy guard of tho American steam ship Monterey and Mexican customs guards at Tampico, one Mexican, .said to have been captain, was killed; a Mexican soldier mortally wounded and a chief gunner's mate, named Barry, in charge" of the American guard less seriously hurt. This was learned to day with tho steamer's arrival hero from Havana and Nassau where the touched after leaving Tamplco. Members of the armed guard nnd officers of tho ship refused io discuss the incident but details were learned from passengers on hoard at the time. According to them, th fight occurred shortly after five a. m. after members of the navy guard went to the rescue of Berry, who had been attacked. The Americans at fir3t responded to the call without arms, but upon tho Mex icans opening fire they secured their weapons and responded in kind. The fight, passengers said, was brief, the Mexicans running away as soon as the Americans opened fire, leaving their dead and wounded. Later officials of the port look the matter into hand, the passengers asserted, and a demand was made upon the cap tain of the Monterey that the armed guard bo delivered up to them pending an Investigation. This ithe captain declined to do, his action being supported, ItjvasEaid, by officers of two American gunboais in the harbor. Later the matter was dis posed of by a decision to leave the entire subject to diplomatic settle ment. . It was said that tho gunner's mate had gono ashore on an errand just, be fore the Monteroy sailed. Several blocks from where the ship was tied up was a saloon and ns Berry was re turn'iig to his ship passing in front of, this saloon he was called upon to "treat." When he refused to do so several Mexicans started after him. As tho American approached his ship a shot was . fired, and a Mexican guard seeing him coming, placed him under detention. It was also asserted that others, started to beat him with iho butts of their rifles. The sailor fought back the best he could and as he drew near the ship he called to his men for assistance. They needed no second in vitation, one of the- passpi'gcrs said, an I all who were in sight or hearing Joined In the fray. Seeing reinforce ments coming home of the Mexicans opened fire. No onn was hit on the ship. The naval guar 1 then secured n ..... ..,,,1 n n t K r ! ..... AAtt....,l 1 .. aii il:.- iiuu da liiu mm, uuiiiiiiul'u i. j returned the shots with the result that two Mexicans fell. With tho i-how of arms the Mexicans fled leaving the gunner's mate free to return to his .ship with his men. Sound of the firing at irac.ed a considerable crowd buc no further demonstration was made. Threats were heard, however, and dur ing tho twenty-four houir. that the Monterey -was detained pending ihe in vestigation of the' incideut every pro caution was taken to guard against a surprise attack; The two gunboais were sufficiently close so that they could have rendered assistance to the Monterey had it .been required. In ad dition to hand arms, tho Monterey car ries a gun mounted on her deck placed there during the war as a protection against submarines. On arrival of the Monterey here to day the gunner's mate and his men went to the navy yard to make an of ficial report of the matfer. Officers of the ship were also Questioned' by naval authorities, , . MEXICANS START RIOT. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. Tho de partment's announcement said the "Mexicans started the disturbances," by attacking and injuring the com mander of the Monterey's armed guard who had gone ashore. "The department of state," said the announcement, "is Investigating a clashthat occurred between Mexican soldiers and a member of the armed guard of the American steamer Mon terey, which occurred at Tampico on November 2S. The Mexicans started the disturbance. "Department of state advices are to tho effect that the affair occurred ; enrly In the morning, that the Ameri- j j can in charge of the guard, who had . gone ashore was attacked by the Mex ican soldiers and that he was injured , by the Mexicans. One of tho Mexl- can soldiers was killed and another j Injured during the disturbances. j "The Tampico authorities sought to have tho guard aboard the ship sur- rendered to them. The whole sub- j ject, however, was left to diplomatic i settlement and is belngjaken up be- tween the state department and the c Mexican government through the Am- t erican embassy at Mexico City." j oo WARSAW, Via Vienna, Sunday, Dec. 15. (By tho Associated Press) The government of Poland should be rec ognized by all the Allied powers in order to deal properly with tho situa tion in Poland, General Joseph Pit sudski, the military head of the pres ent government, told the correspon dent today. . , General Pltsudskl is opposed b !- some groups on the ground that he is e a Socialist but he says he is a Demo- v. " crat. General Pitsudskl. while he is - - the military head of the government, ,:i d signs all government deqrees and w the civil head also. The correspon- .j e dent saw him in the Villa of Belvi- . a dere in the outskirts of Warsaw where . ( a he lives with, his staff. He conducts , 1 the business of the Polish government - - in a suito of magnificently furnished , a rooms occupied until a month ago by , . 1 the German governor-general, ton Beseler. & 3 "The government now is in a per- 1 iod of transition," he said. "A perm- jj " anent government will be established . , ' after the January elections to the die', i ; "I am neither a Socialist nor a Bol- I t 1 shevik, but a Democrat. I think the i ..- Bolshevik danger Is imminent in ?o- land unless we are able to put up a i fence against the Russian influence. . ' "Let me first say how happy I m that there Is a united Poland. ) j Independence is due entirely to ine ,. ! Allies, otherwise it would always hae . " been a, fiction. Now we may re3iua , cherished ideals. Our present tasK s ; to keep peace and order while await- ; ing the elections. . f ( "We need an army," he continued. : oc "to avoid the danger of civil war anQ iaD to guarantee the frontiers against Boi- : is shevik agents or the Infiltration . German troops, particularly those iron' c the army of General Hoffmann. The r kj, factors constitute a menace unless L 5 get help from the Allies In the form r of arms. ) SPIES GET NEW TRIAL. J I WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. Upon Je I motion of the government whicn a - g mitted that convictions in lower cour m were wrong, the supreme court lou ft sot aside the. convictions of Enaan" : Baltzer, William J. Hood and twent i 1 six ,othcr residents of South DaW under the espionage act of ua' 1 i ordered a new trial. jl I nn am I Read tho Classified Ads. 21 I oo , . I. , Read tho Classified Adflj 11 IF ,'